“In Caffeine We Trust Poster” by Column Five

As a year-end appreciation for their clients, the amazing talents at Column Five, a design firm specializing in data-visualizations based in Newport Beach, CA, put together the “In Caffeine We Trust” poster. This beautiful poster tracks the caffeine consumption over the period of month and is meant to be filled in using the very drink it tracks.

Users track their intake for the month then fill the poster out using coffee as paint. They gave one to each of their partners & clients and have produced a limited run that’s available for only $29.95 on their website.

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Quote Notebooks, Ogami Collection by Officemilano & Paolo Frello

These beautiful Quote Notebooks, designed by Officemilano in partnership with Paolo Frello for Ogami, are printed in primary colors with heavy black text, reminiscent of graphic design from the 70′s. Each notebook comes in three sizes and your choice of blank, lined, or grid paper, and features a nice design quote on the cover.

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Crazy Ones Quote Poster by Help Scout

The now iconic quote, attributed to the late Steve Jobs, debuted in a 1997 television commercial for Apple Computer that I’m sure we all remember. The quote lives on today for generations of creative thinkers & people who look at the world slightly different.

This beautiful “Here’s to the Crazy Ones” poster, designed by Help Scout co-founder Jared McDaniel, is letterpress printed on 10″x 26″ 100% cotton Arches #140 rag. The print is a limited edition and comes either alone, for $95, or handsomely framed for $195.

All proceeds are going to support the work of the Acumen Fund, a project that invests in entrepreneurial projects & breakthrough ideas that end world hunger.

Novum Deformable Cover by Paperlux

The cover for Novum’s 11/11 issue, designed by Caroline Rauen & Max Kuehne of PaperLux, shows that with a little ingenuity, a solid printer & die maker and few extra bucks, you can create something really stunning. The cover was printed by Print Arena.

How to deliver a Proof in style, Gavin Martin Colournet packaging by Magpie Studio

These proof portfolios & tubes for Gavin Martin Colournet, a London based printer, by Magpie Studios are really quite brilliant. The single color on craft cardboard proof carriers are designed to bring a smile to anyone who sees them, making the brand more memorable as well as adding value to the carriers in hopes that the clients will keep them around.

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Kompakt-Kassette from Editions of 100 by Daniel Freytag

The latest print in the Editions of 100 project, the brain-child of Glasgow based design firm BERG, is Kompakt-Kassette by Daniel Freytag. The beautifully simple graphic representation of the bygone music medium, the cassette, is hand-pulled in silver ink on Plike 240gsm Matt Black fine art paper and is also hand-numbered. You can pick it up on the Editions of 100 website for £23, around $45.

I Love Creative Thinking promotional poster by Jose Ortiz

I Love Creative Thinking is an awesome self-promotional piece by Brooklyn based designer Jose Ortize and a really beautiful example of letterpress capabilities. I Love Creative Thinking was printed by the talented guys at Peter Kruty Editions.

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Celadon Branding & Collateral by Jay Fletcher

Charleston-based designer Jay Fletcher’s beautiful branding & collateral for home furnishings store Celedon features elegant type, color, and pattern usage and really brings the store’s high-end feeling to its printed matter.

WaitBook, Rethinking the Waiting Room by FuelFor

Rethinking The Waiting Room is a holistic case study, by Barcelona based design studio FuelFor, looking at ways they can enhance the waiting room experience for patients in healthcare. The final designs incorporate signage and wayfinding, industrial design, as well as graphic design and print elements and a smartphone portal for all the relevant information. The information is all wrapped up in a bound book published & sold through Blurb.

“Modu” is a modular furniture system that is adaptable to a wide range of needs & spaces and includes spaces for wheelchair accessible sitting. “Tableau” is a modular table and counters space that works in conjunction with “Modu” and includes spaces to hold documents from “Folio,” the color coded system of documents that includes patient notes, doctor notes, prescription information, as well as a building map and wayfinding guide for the hospital.

“Inline” is the smartphone portal to all the information included in “Folio” and provides real-time updates to waiting time, healthcare tips and notes, as well as access their medical records. “Counter Act” a free standing counter that includes a public announcements board, tips for healthy living, or any other relevant information to the patients. The final piece of the system is “HealthPoint,” a guideline for  architects to include certain parts in the healthcare environment.

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A Bunch of Crock Poster Series by Safwat Saleem

The “A Bunch of Crock” Poster Series by Safwat Saleem may be a little rude but what it lacks in politeness it makes up for in honesty. The posters were created as part of a Kickstarter funded show in Pheonix, AZ in which Safwat comments on the political landscape in America today. Watch the video Safwat used on Kickstarter below for some context on this project and his ideas behind it.

In his words, “It was a response to the current public discourse and the political landscape in the US. Being a Pakistani immigrant living in Arizona, the last election cycle and the general anti-immigrant rhetoric prevalent at that time was particularly alarming. Going through various campaign ads, I almost felt like the jokes were already written and all I had to do was find a nice bow to put on them.”

Also part of the show was a video that yelled obscene “public service” announcements at the audience, an audio installation titled “Box of Bullshit” and a game called “Fling Some Shit Game” that encouraged the visitor to throw shit at a target on the wall.

I realize that some of the content might be unsettling & rude but I think the works over all are a brilliant reaction to the turmoil in our current political scene. You can learn more about the show, see the public service video, hear the audio from “Box of Bullshit” and purchase prints for only $40 on the A Bunch of Crock website.

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